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Positive Behavioural Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a framework used in many schools to encourage positive behaviour through structured expectations, reinforcement systems, and consistent responses. The model focuses on teaching behavioural expectations and recognising students for meeting them. While PBIS is intended to create supportive environments, critics note that some implementations rely heavily on reward systems or compliance frameworks that may not address underlying needs such as trauma, disability, or unmet learning supports.

When parents raise concerns about disability-related needs, schools sometimes respond by describing the issue as “behaviour.” A child who is overwhelmed may be described as oppositional. A child who shuts down may be described as unmotivated. A child who struggles with transitions may…

This page addresses punitive discipline and behaviour management practices in BC schools, and specifically their impact on disabled and neurodivergent children, who bear a disproportionate share of their harm. When a school applies a behaviour system to a disabled child without…